Critical severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 13, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2011-10015
CVE-2011-10015
Description
Cytel Studio version 9.0 and earlier is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow triggered by parsing a malformed .CY3 file. The vulnerability occurs when the application copies user-controlled strings into a fixed-size stack buffer (256 bytes) without proper bounds checking. Exploitation allows arbitrary code execution when the crafted file is opened.
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References
8- aluigi.altervista.org/adv/cytel_1-adv.txtnvd
- raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/cytel_studio_cy3.rbnvd
- web.archive.org/web/20110301000000*/http://www.cytel.com/Software/StatXact.aspxnvd
- web.archive.org/web/20110708215826/http://www.cytel.com/Software/LogXact.aspxnvd
- web.archive.org/web/20110708215830/http://www.cytel.com/Software/StatXact.aspxnvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17930nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18027nvd
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cytel-studio-cy3-file-stack-buffer-overflownvd
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